Full BBC report:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49493632
Quote:
The Queen will be asked by the government to suspend Parliament just days after MPs return to work in September - and only a few weeks before the Brexit deadline.
BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg says it will make way for Boris Johnson's new administration to hold a Queen's Speech - laying out the government's plans - on 14 October.
But it means MPs are unlikely to have time to pass any laws that could stop the prime minister taking the UK out of the EU without a deal on 31 October.
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Worth pointing out that there is normally a Queen’s Speech every year, but as of right now there hasn’t been one since June 2017. So it really isn’t controversial to want to have one, nor is there anything unusual in all other parliamentary business coming to a grinding halt as a consequence of having one. This always happens. It’s just that this time we get to enjoy watching Tom Watson and Caroline Lucas stamping their feet and squealing about how unfair it all is.